diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTUtil.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTUtil.java
index cc2ca85b..07456e3c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AWTUtil.java
@@ -92,18 +92,25 @@ final class AWTUtil {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public static void setCursorPosition(final Component component, int x, int y) {
+	public static Robot createRobot(final Component component) {
 		try {
 			Robot robot = (Robot)AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
 				public Object run() throws Exception {
 					return new Robot(component.getGraphicsConfiguration().getDevice());
 				}
 			});
+			return robot;
+		} catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
+			LWJGLUtil.log("Got exception while creating robot: " + e.getCause());
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void setCursorPosition(Component component, Robot robot, int x, int y) {
+		if (robot != null) {
 			int transformed_x = component.getX() + x;
 			int transformed_y = component.getY() + component.getHeight() - 1 - y;
 			robot.mouseMove(transformed_x, transformed_y);
-		} catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
-			LWJGLUtil.log("Got exception while setting mouse cursor position: " + e);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AbstractAWTInput.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AbstractAWTInput.java
index 69967c41..fe7c462f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AbstractAWTInput.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/AbstractAWTInput.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.lwjgl.LWJGLException;
 import org.lwjgl.LWJGLUtil;
 
 import java.awt.Cursor;
+import java.awt.Robot;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import java.awt.Cursor;
  */
 abstract class AbstractAWTInput implements AWTCanvasInputImplementation {
 	private AWTGLCanvas canvas;
+	private Robot robot;
 
 	private KeyboardEventQueue keyboard_queue;
 	private MouseEventQueue mouse_queue;
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ abstract class AbstractAWTInput implements AWTCanvasInputImplementation {
 
 	protected AbstractAWTInput(AWTGLCanvas canvas) {
 		this.canvas = canvas;
+		this.robot = AWTUtil.createRobot(canvas);
 	}
 
 	protected synchronized MouseEventQueue getMouseEventQueue() {
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ abstract class AbstractAWTInput implements AWTCanvasInputImplementation {
 	}
 
 	public void setCursorPosition(int x, int y) {
-		AWTUtil.setCursorPosition(canvas, x, y);
+		AWTUtil.setCursorPosition(canvas, robot, x, y);
 	}
 
 	public void setNativeCursor(Object handle) throws LWJGLException {
diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/MacOSXDisplay.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/MacOSXDisplay.java
index 1837d15c..646c0e12 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/MacOSXDisplay.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/MacOSXDisplay.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ final class MacOSXDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 	private static final int GAMMA_LENGTH = 256;
 
 	private MacOSXFrame frame;
+	private Robot robot;
 	private MacOSXMouseEventQueue mouse_queue;
 	private KeyboardEventQueue keyboard_queue;
 	private java.awt.DisplayMode requested_mode;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ final class MacOSXDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 		close_requested = false;
 		try {
 			frame = new MacOSXFrame(mode, requested_mode, fullscreen, x, y);
+			robot = AWTUtil.createRobot(frame);
 		} catch (LWJGLException e) {
 			destroyWindow();
 			throw e;
@@ -319,7 +321,7 @@ final class MacOSXDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 	}
 
 	public void setCursorPosition(int x, int y) {
-		AWTUtil.setCursorPosition(frame, x, y);
+		AWTUtil.setCursorPosition(frame, robot, x, y);
 	}
 
 	public void setNativeCursor(Object handle) throws LWJGLException {